San Francisco vindicator., 1887-06-11
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.
Letter From Cork's Chief Magis
trate to the Lord Chamb orlain.

We are enabled exclusively to place
before our rea iers the full text of letter
written by the Secretary OF the Mayor of
Cork to the Lord Chamberlain, in reply to
communication which had been addressed
to the chiefs of all the Irish municipalities,
inviting them to take part on the 21st of
June.
AS the letter embodies the views of the
Nationalist party in ireland it will be read
with much interest in this country:
MAYORS OFFICE, Cork, 21st May, 1887.
SIR; l am directed by the Mayor to
acknowledge receipt of your letter of the
9th inst, intimating to him, rs Mayor of
Cork, the Lord Chamberlain's willingness
to reserve seat for him in Westminster
Abbey, at her Majesty's Jubilee Thanks
giving service ON the 2lst of June, should
he desire to be present en- that occasion.
In reply, | am to request You to aequaint
the Lord Chamberlain that having laid
your letter before the Municipal Council,
the Maryor regrets that he finds it impossi-
BILE for him to accept the propose which
it contains. While willing to accord
from an IRISH subject, the Mayor has no
desire to participate in any way in the ap-
preaching celebration, as to do so would be
at variance not only with his own con-
victions, but also with the feelings of the
vast majority of his fellow citiz MS, as ex-
pressed through their representative, III
the conncil. The time is not. the Mayor
| would roint out in any sense one for rejoic-
ing by the Irish people. Not only is the
country at present passing through severe
ordeal of agricultural and commercial de-
preston, but the hope of a brighter and
more prosperous state of things, which had
begun to dawn upon Ireland, has been de-
ferred though not destroyed, bv the policy
of her Majesty's present advisers. The
|; right of making and administering
tn ir own laws has been denied to the
Irish people, and without a shadow of
justification. despite the protests of FIVE
sixths of their representatives in Parlia-
ment, the clearly expressed opinion of a
large proportion of the people of Great
Britain, and the almost unanimous con-
deinnation of other civilized nations-they
have been offered instead code of tyran-
nical repression the most drastic and un-
constitutional that has ever been formulated
since the unhappy day on which the ooun
Try was robbed of her Legislative independ-
ence. To invite an IRISH cummunity to
send its Chief Magistrate to take part in
the celebrating the jubilee of reign which
eliminates in a system of government
such as this, seems to the Mayor. to be
little short of an outrage upon their
self-respect and an insult to their love of
country. While thus compelled to decline
the Lord Chanberlain's polite offer, under
the circumstances TO which he has referred,
the Mayor begs to assure his lordship that
when the time arrives-as arrive he believes
it will, and he hopes speedlly-when the
sovereign of these realms shall give effect
to wiser counsels, and wi II come amongst
the Irish people to inaugurate the restora-
ton to them of the national birthright of
which they have been SO unjustly despoiled
no community in the British dominion will
be found more ready to greet the occupant of
Imperial House with loyal respect, and to
take part in Jubilee in which the hearts
of whole nation will gladly join, than will
the patriotic people of the city of Cork,
with its Mayor at their head. am, sir,
your obedient servant,
p. F. GILTINAN, Secretary.
Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsoboy Fame, X. G. B.,
Lord Chamberlain Office, St. James
Palace, London, S. w.